GIL-SCOTT HERON - RARE 1981 BLUES SOUL RAP SHOW POSTER Start Price USD 8.99 Current Price USD 8.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 12.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 22, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location * HOME of HOT SOUTHERN BLUES.. AUSTIN.TEXAS * See more about 'GIL-SCOTT HERON - RARE 1981 BLUES SOUL RAP SHOW POSTER' Description Howdy : Welcome To ----- Austin Poster Company --- Collecting Since 1969 PERFORMER's : The Legendary...  " GIL-SCOTT HERON "   .... Rare 1981 Concert Poster GIL-SCOTT HERON...One of the most important progenitors of...  Blues / Soul / Rap music, aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry .... inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his engaging songwriting skills placed him square in the R&B charts later in his career, backed by increasingly contemporary production courtesy of Malcolm Cecil and Nile Rodgers (of Chic). Born in Chicago but transplanted to Tennessee for his early years, Scott-Heron spent most of his high-school years in the Bronx, where he learned firsthand many of the experiences which later made up his songwriting material. He had begun writing before reaching his teenage years, however, and completed his first volume of poetry at the age of 13. Though he attended college in Pennsylvania, he dropped out after one year to concentrate on his writing career and earned plaudits for his novel, The Vulture. Encouraged at the end of the '60s to begin recording by legendary jazz producer Bob Thiele — who had worked with every major jazz great, from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane — Scott-Heron released his 1970 debut, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, inspired by a volume of poetry of the same name. With Thiele's Flying Dutchman Records until the mid-'70s, he signed to Arista soon after and found success on the R&B charts. Though his jazz-based work of the early '70s was tempered by a slicker disco-inspired production, Scott-Heron's message was as clear as ever on the Top 30 single "Johannesburg" and the number 15 hit "Angel Dust." Silent for almost a decade, after the release of his 1984 single "Re-Ron," the proto-rapper returned to recording in the mid-'90s with a message for the gangsta rappers who had come in his wake; Scott-Heron's 1994 album Spirits began with "Message to the Messengers," pointed squarely at the rappers whose influence — positive or negative — meant much to the children of the 1990s.The following year's Free Will was his last for Flying Dutchman, however; after a dispute with the label, Scott-Heron recorded Winter in America for Strata East, then moved to Arista Records in 1975. As the first artist signed to Clive Davis' new label, much was riding on Scott-Heron to deliver first-rate material with a chance at the charts. Thanks to Arista's more focused push on the charts, Scott-Heron's "Johannesburg" reached number 29 on the R&B charts in 1975. Important to Scott-Heron's success on his first two albums for Arista (First Minute of a New Day and From South Africa to South Carolina) was the influence of keyboardist and collaborator Brian Jackson, co-billed on both LPs and the de facto leader of Scott-Heron's Midnight Band.Jackson left by 1978, though, leaving the musical direction of Scott-Heron's career in the capable hands of producer Malcolm Cecil, a veteran producer who had midwifed the funkier direction of the Isley Brothers and Stevie Wonder earlier in the decade. The first single recorded with Cecil, "The Bottle," became Scott-Heron's biggest hit yet, peaking at number 15 on the R&B charts. Producer Nile Rodgers of Chic also helped on production during the 1980s,... when Scott-Heron's political attack grew even more fervent with a new target, President Ronald Reagan. (Several singles, including the R&B hits "B Movie" and "Re-Ron," were specifically directed at the President's conservative policies.)Even though continues to tour around the world, Scott-Heron chose to discontinue recording. He did return, however, in 1993 with a contract for TVT Records and the album Spirits. VENUE: " Lincoln Center Concert Hall "..in FT.COLLINS.CO ARTIST: " Neal Bugle " DATE: 1st issue = NOV.17.1981 - this is the 2nd issue SIZE: 11 X 17 - Cardstock CONDITION: EXCELLENT SHAPE : Never Displayed ... VERY FRAMABLESHIPPING: U.S.A - Strong Tube with Caps = 5.85 .. with FREE = DELIVERY CONFIRMATIONVALUE: $ 15.oo .........Starting Bid Only .. 8.99   POSTERS DO MAKE GREAT COLLECTABLE / INVESTMENT GIFTsTHAT KEEPS ON GIVING FOR EVER   COMBINE SHIPPING EXTRA POSTERS ARE ONLY 1 BUCK EACH TO SHIP I AWAYS HAVE 50 - 100 OTHER COOL POSTERS UP FOR AUCTION HAPPY BIDDING Place a Bid!